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1. Which of the following should a technician use to terminate a Cat 6 cable to a patch panel?

2. Which of the following DNS record types is used to direct email to a mail server?

3. Which of the following cable types can be used to transfer data and video?

4. A recently installed printer is incorrectly aligning printed documents.

Which of the following should the technician do first to fix this issue?

A. Run the maintenance application.

B. Clean the rollers

C. Upgrade the firmware

D. Reinstall the drivers

5. A user brings a laptop to work every morning, correctly seats it in the docking station and then opens the laptop to begin work with no issues After the user left the laptop at home during a two-week vacation the laptop is no longer working. Upon returning to the office, the user reports that the keyboard and display are no longer working.

Which of the following should the technician ask the user to do first?

A. Ensure the docking station is plugged in.

B. Press and release the laptop power button.

C. Plug the laptop in and let it charge overnight

D. Connect the laptop directly to the network.

6. A security team wants to implement compliance controls that only permits the installation of company-approved software on user laptops.

Which of the following should the IT department deploy?

7. A user prints a spreadsheet in duplex mode. The spreadsheet is difficult to read because some of the columns spill onto the second side of the page.

Which of the following should the user do to prevent the issue but still print on both sides of the page?

8. Which of the forming connector types would best suit a company that experiences a large volume of internet traffic?

9. A customer reports their tablet was recently dropped on the ground. The tablet has a small crack in one corner of the display, and it does not charge when plugged in.

Which of the following should a technician do first?

10. A user's wireless headset shows a "connected" status when turned on, but the Bluetooth list on the user's phone shows that the headset is "not connected.".

Which of the following should the technician do?

11. Which of the following devices is designed to monitor and filter incoming and outgoing network traffic?

12. A user connects their laptop to a projector in a conference room. Once connected, the userreports the screen is smaller at the bottom than at the top. The user tries restarting the laptop and then disconnecting and reconnecting the cable to the projector.

Which of the following should a technician do to resolve the issue?

13. A user joins a conference call with a Bluetooth headset.

Which of the following has the user created?

A. MAN

B. PAN

C. SAN

D. WAN

14. A help desk technician inspects a laptop keyboard because a single key has stopped working. The technician checks the keyboard for debris.

Which of the following actions should the technician do next to troubleshoot the issue cost-effectively?

15. A technician needs to move a workstation to a different logical network segment.

Which of the following technologies should the technician use?

16. An end user's domain password expires while they are working from home. The end user tries to reset the password using Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then receives the following message:

Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable or because access is denied.

Which of the following will resolve this issue?

17. A technician receives a tablet that looks like it has a bulge inside. The bulge is pushing the screen away from the backplate. The tablet still turns on when it is plugged in, but the screen looks damaged and turns off when unplugged.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

18. Which of the following best characterizes the use of a virtual machine as a sandbox?

19. Which of the following services is used to allocate IP addresses in an enterprise-wide environment?

20. A technician is replacing a failed power supply in a ten-year-old computer When installing the customer-provided power supply, the technician discovers the ATX connector would not plug into the motherboard. The customer wants a cost-effective solution.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

21. Which of the following involves installing an application on a server so several users can run the application concurrently without the need for local installation?

22. A technician wants to upgrade a computer to a new Windows version. The Windows Upgrade Advisor states that the computer is not compatible with the new Windows version due to a lack of TPM 2.0 support.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

23. A technician is troubleshooting a desktop PC that is plugged into a UPS. The PC loses the system date/time after every power outage.

Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue? (Select two).

24. A customer reports a problem connecting to network resources. After asking open-ended questions, the technician determines the issue likely exists on the remote server.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

25. Which of the following is used primarily for archiving data?

26. An IT specialist compares Bluetooth and NFC technologies for mobile device connectivity.

Which of the following statements accurately describes a key difference between the two?

27. Each lime a user ties to print, the paper becomes stuck at the last stage of the print job and the user has to poll me paper out of the printer.

Which of the following is me most likely cause?

28. Which of the following is an advantage of using a hybrid cloud instead of a public cloud?

29. Which of the following types of connectors does an IDE hard drive use for power?

30. The display in a conference room has a ghost image that does not match the presentation

Which of the following would test resolve the issue?

A. Adjust the color settings.

B. Correct the keystone.

C. Increase the brightness levels

D. Replace the monitor.

31. A salesperson is unable to use a personal device to access emails and calendar features at a client site but was able to use the device while at the office.

Which of the following policies has been enforced on the salesperson's mobile device?

32. A help desk technician needs to work on a high-volume printer. Users have reported occasional paper jams and smudges appearing on printed documents.

Which of the following steps should the technician do next to address these issues?

33. Which of the following is designed to be used in commercial spaces?

34. A technician needs to ensure all data communications on all network devices are encrypted when logging in to the console.

Which of the following protocols should the technician enable?

35. Users are complaining that the audio from a presenter is choppy and unintelligible

Which of the following is causing the issue?

36. A technician is troubleshooting stylus issues on identical, company-provided tablets. Users can purchase their own accessories. Some users have no issues, but others report that their styluses charge intermittently and die frequently.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

37. A customer needs to install a new printer in their network. The customer reports that users had intermittent connectivity issues with previous printers.

Which of the following should the technician configure on the new printer to prevent this issue?

38. Which of the following cable types is the most suitable for delivering 10Gb speeds for distances over 328ft (100m) but under 1,312ft (400m)?

A. Multimode fiber

B. Single-mode fiber

C. Cat 6a

D. Cat 6

39. A company deploys server machines in a public cloud.

Which of the following cloud service models is this an example of?

40. An SAS RAID array has severely degraded and gone offline A systems administrator examines the syslog, and the point of failure is not obvious.

Which of the following techniques should the administrator use to identify the issue (Select two).

41. A technician is experimenting with network configurations and has connected two laptops to an unmanaged switch. The technician configured one of the laptops with a static IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the other with a static IP address of 192.168.2.2. The laptops are not communicating with each other.

Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this issue?

42. Which of the following drive interfaces is typically used in server systems but not in home computers?

43. A user is receiving many unsolicited emails.

Which of the following controls can be configured to best reduce these types of emails?

44. A technician is troubleshooting a PoE phone that will not turn on. When a laptop is plugged directly into the switchport for the phone the technician sees a data link LED and activity.

Which of the following tools should the technician use to verify PoE availability to the phone?

A. Network tap

B. Cable tester

C. Loopback plug

D. Toner probe

45. A technician needs to select PC components with a minimal number of visible internal cables.

Which of the following should the technician use?

46. A customer reports that a text-only document prints with unrecognizable characters. The print preview correctly displays the document.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?

47. A technician is installing a new high-end graphics card that uses a 12VHPWR connector.

Which of the following is the maximum wattage supported by this power connector?

48. A company needs to develop a disaster recovery solution based on virtual machines.

Which of the following service models is the most suitable?

49. A technician needs to confirm that desktop PCs can be deployed to a global, remote workforce.

Which of the following specifications should the technician validate?

50. A technician has discovered that some users are connected to a network that is not available on the user interface.

Which of the following is the most effective tool the technician can use to identify networks that are not broadcasting SSIDs?

A. Cable tester

B. Toner probe

C. Wi-Fi analyzer

D. Loopback plug

51. A company needs to keep a record of tasks performed by an application.

Which of the following should the company most likely implement as part of a solution?

52. A user reported performance issues on a computer after a recent OS update A technician is confident that rolling back the system will resolve the issue.

Which of the following steps should the technician take next?

A. Document the findings.

B. Investigate any recent infrastructure changes.

C. Initiate the system restore

D. Verify full system functionality.

53. Several storms cause mission-critical servers to go offline unexpectedly A server also goes offline suddenly due to haroNvare failure Upon assessment the company purchases new UPSs to condition power and allow the OSs to shut down gracefully in the event of a power failure However, the UPSs are delayed due to supply chain issues.

Which of the following can balance a cost-effective solution with uptime requirements?

A. Purchasing backup generators

B. Increasing input voltage

C. Installing redundant PSUs

D. Activating a hot site

54. A user is experiencing multiple issues with an in-place upgrade of a laptop's operating system. The built-in camera is unresponsive, and the user is unable to pair the device with any Bluetooth accessories.

Which of the following ate most likely causing three issues? (Select two).

55. A user wants to print files from an overseas office using a shared network folder. The user's laptop has no public-facing internet connectivity.

Which of the following can be used to print from the shared network folder?